When the bishops refused to obey, Falk fell back on force.
The result of these severities was exactly the opposite of what Falk intended.
But Falk retired in 1879; various mutual concessions were made which led to a gradual abrogation of the May laws.
One of the objects of the association was to some extent obtained by their organization of the Prussian Church when Dr Falk was cultus minister, on the basis of parochial and synodal representation, which came into full operation in 1879.
Meanwhile, many thanks to Sebastian Falk, who earlier delivered a sandwich box full of delicious home-made chocolate brownies to the over-by-over team.